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Fiber composite flywheel rim

US4660435A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 26, 1981
Grant dateApr 28, 1987
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Expiry dateMay 26, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/2132
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A flywheel 2 comprising a hub 4 having at least one radially projecting disc 6, an annular rim 14 secured to said disc and providing a surface circumferential to said hub, a first plurality of resin-impregnated fibers 22 wound about said rim congruent to said surface, and a shell 26 enclosing said first plurality of fibers and formed by a second plurality of resin-impregnated fibers wound about said rim tangentially to said surface.

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